The parents of Michael Brown, 18, issued calls for justice and calm, after two nights of violence rocked the community in northern St. Louis County. The Rev. Al Sharpton came to Ferguson and called for the city to be transparent and objective as it investigates.

Initial police reports said Brown was involved in a scuffle with the officer. Many of the protesters said they don't believe the official account of what happened.

A witness who was walking with Brown at the time said the officer ordered them to move to the sidewalk and nearly hit them with his squad car. He said the officer reached through the window of the car, grabbed Brown and tried to pull him into the car. He said the officer threatened to shoot Brown and then his gun did fire. He said Brown was hit by the first shot, put his hands in the air and started to get on the ground, but the officer continued to fire.

Ferguson police had said they would release the name of the officer who fired the fatal shot on Tuesday, but changed those plans citing threats to the officer's safely. Police said they may not release the officer's name for weeks for fear of making him a target of violence.

Protesters faced off with deputies as the march began at dusk. The initial force carried batons, but officers with heavy weapons arrived a short time later.

Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson told KMBC 9's Eli Rosenberg that the scenes of looting and tear-gas filled streets that made global headlines over the past two nights do not represent his city.

"It is so non-reflective of what the city is. It's terrible," he said.

FERGUSON. AT THAT POINT IT WAS TIME TO SHUT IT DOWN. LIVE PICTURES FROM FERGUSON, MISSOURI. THIS IS A TOWN TORN ABOUT BY AN UNARMED 18-YEAR-OLD SHOT AND KILLED BY A POLICE OFFICER ON SATURDAY. PEOPLE HAVE TURNED TO VIOLENCE AND LOOTING STORES. AS YOU CAN SEE, POLICE OFFICERS ARE LINED UP READY FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD HAPPEN. SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE MADE OVERNIGHT. OUR CREWS HAVE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE AND HEARING THEIR STORIES. ELI, WHAT'S THE LATEST? WELL, THINGS HAVE CALMED DOWN IN THE LAST HOUR. THERE IS STILL SOME TENSION IN THE AIR, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK OVER MY SHOULDERS AND YOU SEE THESE HEAVILY ARMED DEPUTIES. IN FACT, EARLIER TONIGHT THERE WERE A LOT MORE OFFICERS BEHIND THEM. TONIGHT, WE SAW THAT LID THAT PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT BENT BUT DIDN'T BREAK, ESPECIALLY AS NIGHT FELL. FACE-TO-FACE AND YET SO FAR AWAY, A THIRD NIGHT OF TENSION. YOU CAN SEE THE GENUINE ANGER ON THIS WOMAN'S FACE AND THE FACES OF SO MANY OUT HERE. LIKE THE NIGHT BEFORE, THIS ONE STARTED AT DUSK. AND LIKE THE NIGHTS BEFORE, THERE IS A FEELING A BREAKING POINT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. FIRST DEPUTIES CAME IN ARMED WITH JUST BATONS AND READY FOR ARRESTS. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THEY WERE REPLACED BY HEAVILY ARMED OFFICERS. IT WAS CLEAR, THEY WEREN'T MESSING AROUND. IT'S HEARTBREAKING. IF A ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW, PERG SON POLICE CHIEF THOMAS JACKSON TOLD ME -- WE ARE GETTING INTERNATIONAL FLAIR RIGHT NOW? IT IS SO NONREFLECTIVE TO WHAT THE CITY IS. AT THIS RALLY, MORE YELLING AND MORE POLICE STANDING GUARD. THEN AS SOON AS IT STARTED, THE PROTESTORS STARTED WALKING INTO THE NIGHT. FOR HOW LONG IS ANYONE'S GUESS. NOW BACK HERE LIVE, I WANT TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A LAY OF THE LAND RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE THE PROTESTORS HAVE COME BACK WITHIN THE LAST 20 MINUTES OR SO. IF YOU COME BACK TO ME, YOU CAN SEE OVER HERE, THIS IS WHERE THE DEPUTIES ARE AND THAT'S WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. IT BEARS MENTIONING IT AGAIN. THIS IS THE THIRD NIGHT AND YOU JUST HAVE TO WONDER HOW MUCH LONGER ALL OF THIS REALLY CAN GO ON IN THIS SMALL TOWN OF FERGUSON. WE'RE LIVE HERE, ELI ROSE BEN KMBC 9 NEWS. 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT SCENE, ANOTHER LARGE CROWD IS GATHERING. DON'T SHOOT. HANDS UP, THE PACKED CROWD CHANTING AT ST. MARK MISSIONARY. THIS TIME RIGHT HERE OF SURRERNEDER -- SURRENDER HAS BECOME A MESSAGE MANY MICHAEL BROWN SUPPORTS HAVE ADOPTED. TONIGHT THE FAMILY OF MICHAEL BROWN AND REVEREND AL SHARPTON AND HUNDREDS CAME TOGETHER. AT TIMES, WORDS AT THE PODIUM BECAME HEATED. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC CASES. THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST POLICE SHOOTINGS. AND Y'ALL KNOW I'VE BEEN DOING POLICE SHOOPT SHOOTINGS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND RIGHT HERE IN ST. LOUIS, THIS IS ONE OF THE WORST POLICE SHOOTINGS EVER. PRESSURE CONTINUES FROM SHARPTON AND OTHERS IN ST. LOUIS FOR LAW INFORCEMENT TO RELEASE THE NAME OF THE POLICE OFFICER

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